Public Health and Parens Patriae: How Attorneys General Can Preserve States’ Exclusive Litigation Authority
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This Working Paper examines States’ authority to sue on behalf of their citizens and the tensions that arise when States’ political subdivisions (i.e., municipalities, counties, parishes) assert such authority in civil litigation.
The Working Paper features a Foreword by the Attorney General of South Carolina, Alan Wilson. General Wilson Wilson was elected South Carolina’s 51st Attorney General on November 2, 2010, re-elected to a second term on November 4, 2014, re-elected to a third term on November 6, 2018, and re-elected to a fourth term on November 8, 2022.
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Doug Peterson is Of Counsel at Keating, O’Gara, Nedved & Peter, PC, LLO in Lincoln, Nebraska, bringing decades of experience in civil trial practice, employment law, antitrust, and insurance litigation. He served as the 32nd Attorney General of Nebraska from 2014 to 2022, where he led the state’s Department of Justice and held leadership roles with the National Association of Attorneys General, co-chairing its Consumer Protection and Antitrust Sections and receiving its 2022 Kelley-Wyman Award. He now provides legal analysis, litigation strategy, and counsel to individuals and business clients at Keating O’Gara.
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